Cloth-cutting machine



May 1.5, 1923. 1,455,501

,C. J. M GEE CLOTH CUTTING MACHINE Fil'ed'June 2, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1May 15; 1923. 1,455,501'

' C. J. MOGEE CLOTH CUTTI NG MACHINE FiledJune 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented May 15, 1923.

CHARLES J. ii/mean, or oscnona, aanansas.

- CLOTH-CUTTING IMACHINE. i

Application filed June 2, 1921.: Serial No. 474,342,

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. MoGnn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Osceola, in the county of Mississippi and Stateof Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCloth-Cutting Machines, of which-the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for cutting textile fabric and isintended for use more particularly in connection with the cutting ofbagging or jute into appropriate lengths when they are arranged insuperimposed layers.

An object of this invention is to provide novel means for permitting themovement of the webs of jute or fabric in order that they may be drawnover a table, means being also provided for clamping or holding thefabric while the cutting operation is being performed.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a cutter andcutter operating mechanism adapted to be moved transversely of thefabric support while the said material is being clamped to prevent thematerial from being disarrangcd while the cutting operation is beingcarried on.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to produce a power machinedesigned to be operated by the drive shaft of any power plant, as anindependent unit.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 illustrates a View in elevation of one end of themachine showing the manner of operating the cutter; V

Figure 2 illustrates a side elevation of the device with the cutteroperating mechanism omitted;

Figure 3 illustrates a plan view of the cutter;

Figure 4 illustrates an enlarged detail view of a tensioning device;

Figure 5 illustrates a plan view of the embracing one embodiment-of theinvention,

and the mechanism includes an elongated table 10 havingtransverselyarranged guides 11 and 12 under the top thereof which form altrack forthe cuttingtframell which cutting frame has anzoperating handle 14: by;which it may be pulled to carry the knife 15 transversely of the table.As shown, the knife 15 is mounted on a shaft 16 having a pulley 17'engaged by a'belt 18 and the said belt travels with the carriage fromone side of the table to the other. Any suitable means may be providedfor driving the belt by power applied to the shaft 19. Ashaft 20 carriesa pulley 21' and a pulley 22 is mounted on the shaft 19. The shaft 20 isapplied to an arm 23 hingedly mounted as at 24 to a post 25 so that thesaid arm mav rise and fall, as shown in the full line and dotted linepositions. It is intended that the weight of the pulley 21 and partsassociated with it, shall, be sufficient to cause movement of thecarriage to return it from the dotted line position shown in Fig; 1 tothe full line position shown in Fig. 1, it being understood that afterthe carriage receives momentum,

it will travel to the said full line position.

The jute, bagging or fabric to be cut may be stored on rolls 26 and j 27rotatably mounted ona post 28, and of course, a greater number of rollsmay be mounted so that the webs or material therefrom may be drawn intointerposed positions on the table, in order that a greater number oflayers of material may be cut at one operation, but the foregoingillustration will, it is thought, suflice as an understanding tothoseskilled in the art. As a means for preventing the displacement of thelayers of fabric while the cutting operation is being carried on, aclamp is mounted in operative relation to the table, and in the presentembodiment of the clamp, a post 29 is supported in vertical positionfrom the table at one. side, the said post having a bracket 30 with anidler or sheave pulley 31 thereon. A flexible member 32 operates overthe idlerand connects to the outer end of the clamp, as shown at 33. Thesaid clamp in the present embodiment in cludes two clamping elements atand 35 held in'spaced relation to each other by the combined yoke andhandle 36 at the outer end, the inner ends of the said members 34: v and35 being oscillatableo-n a shaft 37 with heads suchas 38 pressed downbysprings position shown in Fig. 1.

such as 39 or rods 4L0 applied to a supplemental frame 4:1, The flexiblemember 32 has a Weight 42 Which app-roximately counter-balances theWeight of the clamp, and it.

is effeotive to hold the clamp intheelevated The clamping members areprovided with a latch &3 which engages the lug 4.4 for holding the clampin operative relation to thetop of the table While the cutting operationis carried on, and the said clamping members are returned to theirelevated position by the Weight 42.

20 ual pull on the handle of the cutter carriage,

the said carriage, as stated, being returned automatically to normalposition by the Weight of the elements associated With the oscill'atablearm 23. i

I claim: e In a cutter for cloth in superimposed layers, a table, guidestransversely arranged in'spaced relation to each other under the table,a carriage mounted for movement on the guides, a shaft rotatably mountedin the carriage, a cutter on the said shaft, a belt operating over theshaft for driving the same, pulleys over which the said belt isoperative, a hingedly mounted pulley engag ing the said belt, meansfornroving the carriage in one direction and elevating the hingedlymounted pulley,-the saidpulle-y being operative to return the carriageto its normal position. i p

CHARLES J. MOGEE.

